Joost Reinke

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Joost Reinke (* 1965 in Lübeck ) is a German free church theologian , teacher, local politician and author.

Life

Reinke grew up from 1969 in the Lower Saxony district town Rotenburg (Wümme) as the first child of the graduate engineer and vocational school teacher Hans Reinke (1936–2002) and his wife Inge Reinke (* 1935). After graduating from the Ratsgymnasium in 1984 and doing community service in a hospital, he studied theology at the university and at the theological seminar in Hamburg (graduated in 1992). In September 1994 he completed his doctoral examination at the Evangelical Theological Faculty of Leuven with magna cum laude .

Reinke was a pastor in the Federation of Evangelical Free Churches in Germany for a total of 14 years , including in Bremerhaven, in Hückeswagen in Oberberg and in Herne . On the occasion of the 200th birthday of the church's founder, Johann Gerhard Oncken (1800–1884), Reinke conceived and created a traveling exhibition on the subject of “ Baptism in Germany”. In 2001, together with Dieter Rauer, he started the “Islandtafel” ( panel work ) in Hückeswagen.

In 2008 he moved to Langen in Hesse and switched to teaching .

Reinke is the older brother of the art historian Frauke Reinke-Wöhl.

politics

In the summer of 2004, Reinke was appointed the first political representative of the North Rhine-Westphalian church associations of the Federation of Evangelical Free Churches in Germany and as such was accredited by the state parliament and state government. In this function, he represented various free churches to the state parliament and state government in North Rhine-Westphalia until the end of 2008 and, among other things, successfully advocated that the media no longer only spoke of "the two Christian churches in Germany".

From March 2016 to September 2019 he represented the LINKE in the city parliament of the southern Hessian city of Langen. In the mayoral election on March 1, 2020, Reinke, who ran as an independent candidate, received six percent approval. He is currently active as a free member of the city council. He is also a member of the youth welfare committee of the Offenbach district.

Positions

According to a taz report from 2007, Reinke is said to be a skeptic of the theory of evolution . He also advocates a “family policy that is true to the Bible”. In terms of local politics, he campaigns for more local climate protection, a better social infrastructure and more intermunicipal cooperation in the western Offenbach district. He is demanding that the Hessian state government assume all of the costs for preschool childcare.

Publications

  • German Whitsun Missions: History, Theology and Practice , Verlag für Kultur und Wissenschaft, Bonn 1997
  • Leading dynamically - Draft of a free church leadership concept (with Jürgen Tischler), Verlag für Kultur und Wissenschaft, Bonn 1998
  • Johann Gerhard Oncken , brochure about his life, Hückeswagen 2001
  • Everything has its time , in: Dietmar Lütz (ed.), The Bible is to blame for it - 175 years of Baptism on the European continent. Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-86682-125-5 , pp. 37-48
  • On the road with Jesus - 100 years of Baptists in Herne , Pro-Literatur-Verlag, Mammendorf 2005

Web links

Radio sermon

  • See beyond the horizon . Transfer from the Christ Church of the Evangelical Free Church in Herne. Broadcast by WDR 5 on November 26, 2006, accessed on August 19, 2019

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rainer Timm: History to touch, Remscheider Generalanzeiger of July 16, 2001, Ludmilla Hauser: Church history to touch , Bergische Morgenpost of July 16, 2001 and W. Zimmermann: Exhibition on Baptism opened , North Bavarian News of February 5, 2002.
  2. ↑ Facts & Figures. Retrieved August 3, 2019 .
  3. ↑ https://rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/.../islandtafel-brauch-dringend-neue-helfer_aid-214904 ...
  4. ↑ https://www.fraukereinkewoehl.de/ as well as https://buch-findr.de/buecher/wie-eine-schadeldecke/ and view.stern.de ›Start› Rubrics ›People
  5. ↑ Joost Reinke: Hinge between Church and Politics , Bergische Morgenpost from July 15, 2004 and Reinke is the man for North Rhine-Westphalia , Remscheider Generalanzeiger from July 16, 2004. The mandate was later extended and then celebrated with a solemn church ceremony: https: / /www.apd.media/news/archiv/5056.pr.html
  6. ↑ Joost Reinke. State Parliament Intern. I / 2005, p. 24
  7. ↑ hessenschau de, Frankfurt Germany: results of mayoral election: Langen (01.03.20). February 25, 2020, accessed on June 7, 2020 (German).
  8. ^ Annette Schlegl: "A second applicant" in: Frankfurter Rundschau from September 28/29, 2019 and Eberhard Schwarz: "Two applicants so far" in: FAZ from September 28, 2019
  9. ↑ Miriam Bunjes: The pious whisperer . In: taz . April 26, 2007 ( taz.de [accessed on August 18, 2019]).
  10. ↑ Markus Schaible: Left, but independent - Joost Reinke is a non-party applicant. In: op-online.de. October 1, 2019, accessed October 20, 2019 .
  11. ↑ 12.11.06, 10.00 a.m., Pastor Viktoria Keil . The next broadcast is announced at the end of the text.
personal data
SURNAME Reinke, Joost
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German local politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Lübeck